zoisiet
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Zoisite, first known as saualpite, after its type locality, is a calcium aluminum hydroxy sorosilicate belonging to the epidote group of minerals. Its chemical formula is Ca2Al3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH).
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Within Vinony's link graph, zoisiet is referenced by 42 other articles, and connects out to Mohs scale of mineral hardness, silicate mineral and relative density.
Vinony files it under Aluminium minerals, Calcium minerals and Minerals described in 1805.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Zoisite
- Mineral.category
- Sorosilicate – epidote group
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- efe974
- Mineral.image
- Zoisite-33616.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Yellow zoisite crystal (1.7 × 1 × 0.8 cm)
- Mineral.formula
- Ca2Al3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Zo
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.BG.10
- Mineral.dana
- 58.2.1b.1
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pnma
- Mineral.color
- White, gray, greenish brown, greenish gray, pink, blue, purple
- Mineral.habit
- Prismatic crystals with striations; massive to columnar
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect {010} imperfect {100}
- Mineral.fracture
- Uneven to conchoidal
- Mineral.mohs
- 6 to 7
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous, pearly on cleavage surfaces
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- epidote mineral group
- Named after
- Sigmund Zois
- Image
- Thulite.jpg
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- type locality (geology)
- Sauland
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.BG.10
- Commons category
- Zoisite
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.BG.10
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Mohs' hardness
- 6.5
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Zo
- chemical formula
- Ca₂Al₃(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)O(OH)
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/B.15b
Sources (2)
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Article · Nederlands
Het mineraal zoisiet is een calcium-aluminium-silicaat met de chemische formule Ca2Al3Si3O12(OH). Het sorosilicaat behoort tot de epidoot-groep.
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